Abstract

The dugganites, Te6+-containing members of the langasite series, have attracted recent interest due to their complex low-temperature magnetic unit cells, magnetodielectric, and potentially multiferroic properties. For Pb2+-containing dugganites, a large monoclinic supercell was reported and was found to have a profound effect on the low temperature magnetism and spin excitation spectra. Pb3TeMn3P2O14 is another dugganite previously shown to distort away from the canonical P321 langasite unit cell, although this supercell was never fully solved. Here we report the full crystal and magnetic structure solution of Pb3TeMn3P2O14 using synchrotron x-ray and neutron diffraction data: a large trigonal supercell is observed in this material, which is believed to be the first supercell of its kind in the langasite family. Here, the magnetic structure, high-magnetic field behavior, and dielectric properties of Pb3TeMn3P2O14 are presented. In addition to showing weak magnetoelectric behavior similar to other langasites, it was found that a phase transition occurs at 3T near the antiferromagnetic transition temperature.

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